Instruction to bring difficult judgments to the priests who preside in the place the Lord has chosen
Preface and Praise of Sacred Scripture
Arguments for the Old Testament— Cited as Moses's command that controversies of faith and morals be judged by God's law through the priests
"If," he says, "you perceive that a difficult and ambiguous judgment has arisen among you, etc., you shall do whatever those who preside in the place the Lord has chosen shall say, and what they teach you according to his law."